How long will the cesarean section contractions last?

After a cesarean section, due to the surgery, the mother will often feel strong uterine contractions, which usually lasts about two weeks. At the same time, due to the surgery, this pain will cause intense pain, but the mother should not worry too much. If the pain is really serious, she can go to the hospital for an ultrasound examination and use certain medications for treatment.

If the pain after childbirth is severe, you can take the following steps to improve it:

1. Inform your doctor and stop using uterine contraction drugs or reduce the dosage as appropriate.

2. Ask your doctor to prescribe sedatives and analgesics.

3. Get out of bed and walk to help drain the blood from the uterus.

4. Lying prone can relieve pain.

5. Avoid eating spicy or cold food.

6. Massaging the Sanyinjiao point on the foot or the related acupoints of the bladder meridian on the back can relieve pain.

New mothers should observe the changes in the uterus after delivery

Don't leave it alone to prevent problems or delay treatment. Uterine pain is mostly treated with antibiotics, painkillers, and appropriate drainage. In very rare cases, the pain is caused by the inability to expel the intrauterine infection, in which case surgery must be performed to remove the infection. In order to make the uterus return to its original position as soon as possible, you can choose an appropriate sleeping position and change your sleeping and lying positions frequently. If you continue to lie flat after delivery, it will often cause retroverted uterus and postpartum back pain, and will also affect the next pregnancy, so you should change your posture frequently. In addition, you should not sit for long periods of time or use your arms to support your body while breastfeeding, as this may cause abdominal and joint pain.

1. After a caesarean section, you need to wait two years before getting pregnant again. Because the incision on the uterine wall after cesarean section does not heal well in the short term. In premature pregnancy, the uterus continues to grow due to the development of the fetus, and the uterine wall becomes thinner, especially the surgical incision is made of connective tissue and lacks elasticity. Fresh scars can easily rupture in late pregnancy or during delivery, causing massive abdominal bleeding and even life-threatening. Therefore, it is safer to get pregnant again two years after the operation.

2. Prevent abdominal compression in late pregnancy. To prevent the scar from cracking, it must be protected and not squeezed. In daily life during the late stages of pregnancy, you should avoid crowded places when riding in a car or walking, do housework appropriately, sleep on your back or side, and have a moderate sexual life to avoid pressure on your abdomen.

3. Seek medical attention as soon as possible if abdominal pain occurs. Some scarred uteri may rupture spontaneously in the late stages of pregnancy, with abdominal pain being the main symptom. Because the uterine scar does not heal well, as long as you work hard, you will also be serious about pooping! As the pregnancy months increase, the intrauterine pressure increases. Even without any inducement, the uterus may swell and rupture from its scar. When the uterus ruptures, abdominal pain of varying severity may occur. Sometimes the abdominal pain is mild but the uterus has already ruptured, so you must be vigilant.

4. Pay attention to fetal movement. Fetal movement is the irregular movement of the fetus in the uterus. The speed of fetal movement is one of the early manifestations of the fetus's safety in the uterus. Generally, during pregnancy, you should fart 3 to 5 times per hour or at least once a day (12 hours). If you hold back on your fart, it will damage your heart. If you don't have any farts, try to squeeze them out to exercise your body. If I am about to fart, everyone please pay attention, and when I hear a fart, everyone clap! There should be more than 10 fetal movements. After a caesarean section, if the scarred uterus has a slight rupture or placental abnormalities, it will lead to fetal death. At this time, the fetal heart sounds disappear. 24 to 48 hours before fetal death, fetal movement slows down or disappears. Therefore, paying attention to changes in fetal movements can help detect fetal abnormalities in advance so that timely measures can be taken.